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I would like to know clearer distinctions among high, low, and no tech. In which category are the game consoles (e.g., NDS, X-Box, and PS2) classified?
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In my opinion, high tech means the technology has truly ingenious component so that it is very difficult for others to re-invent. Of course, when the technology is being used, others can somehow “reverse” engineer the underlying mechanisms and then possibly copy it. Thus, usually such “high tech” solutions are usually patented to prevent such copy-cats from “stealing” the treasures! Examples of high tech are: micro-chip fabrication, Google search, Skype, NVidia Graphics Processing, etc.
On the other hand, to me, low tech means that the technology is not really that difficult to design and implement. Nevertheless, low tech does not mean unsuccessful product. Usually the reverse is true. I think the reason is that while the underlying technology might not be difficult, the “application” of the technology might be pioneering (i.e., a first mover) so that users are accustomed to using it.
No tech, again in my judgment, is something that does not really involve much technology but just marketing and sales strategies, which are extremely important in a business, if not the most important components.
In summary, I think game consoles are really high tech stuffs because they are really “high performance” hardware built based on really difficult designs. We will talk a bit more about these hardware later on.
I never knew the terms that you mentioned i.e. high, low, and no tech.And never thought that things can be classified in these.Your blog added these to my dictionary so thanks.
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